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Banna, you can stay with me..no smog here, and right next to delhi jaipur highway.
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Banna, you can stay with me..no smog here, and right next to delhi jaipur highway.
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How on earth does smog happen anyways? I'm curious to know as to how it comes about because both Lahore and Delhi aren't as developed as the UK and US where pollution is at an all time high.
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We should maybe merge this with the smog in Lahore thread. I mentioned there was a similar story about Delhi in that thread.
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Dunno if the situation is similar in Lahore but Delhi right now resembles a post apocalyptic dumpyard.
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Besides the potholes and traffic jams, Bangalore is a heaven in this regard.
Another light shower today and the temperature is a pleasant 22-25 degrees. Delhi sounds like hell.
Another light shower today and the temperature is a pleasant 22-25 degrees. Delhi sounds like hell.
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I think its India's smog that is causing problems in Pakistan now. Pakistan isnt developed enough to suffer from such a problem.
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The only silver lining. Although it is not the factories (if you mean that by development), but farmers burning stubble which is the main reason.
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Diwali celebrations were also blamed for smog in Dehli, must be overuse of fireworks to blame. Or maybe that was just more mischievous reporting by western press [MENTION=9655]someone21[/MENTION].
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Its just not smog. I feel as if something burning nearby without the presence of heat. Last year was way worse though.
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You mean its an alien attack?
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It's become a yearly occurrence at this time of the year now.. Plenty of factors why it happens but major one is farmers burning their crops amongst others..
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Good God!
If somebody goes to that cesspit called Delhi out of choice, they're asking for it.
Good God!
If somebody goes to that cesspit called Delhi out of choice, they're asking for it.
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Apparently, the viral video showing a massive pile-up on a highway is of last year.
https://www.thequint.com/videos/new...mera-heavy-smog-takes-a-toll-on-ncr-commuters
https://www.thequint.com/videos/new...mera-heavy-smog-takes-a-toll-on-ncr-commuters
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Goodness gracious me!!! What horrible scenes!!!
Why would anyone want to live in Major Indian cities is beyond me. Pathetic living conditions in all cities.
If you cannot breathe, what is the point of staying in such cities? I used to think Hyderabad is bad, but looking at the above video, Hyderabad is heaven compared to Delhi
If you cannot breathe, what is the point of staying in such cities? I used to think Hyderabad is bad, but looking at the above video, Hyderabad is heaven compared to Delhi
Cesspit is an ultra soft word to describe Delhi. It is way worse than that. There are no words to describe above video. People are breathing poison. Slow death for sure.
Also terrible that 6 or 7 people are traveling in small cars too. No safety concern. Those cars cannot are toast when there is a collision.
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) what the hellWhy do they even drive when they can't see anything in front of them? Look at the speed with which they are coming and hitting.
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Cannot agree more.
I was born in Delhi and have lived there for 25 years, but it pains me to say that Delhi's air quality is beyond pathetic. Bangalore is heaven in comparison.
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You people are also causing pollution in this side of the border.
According to reports, concentration of poisonous particulate matter in the air hit a level of 451 on a scale, where the maximum reading is 500, anything over 100 is considered unhealthy.
According to US embassy's real time air quality index, in some parts of Delhi the quality is so poor that it stood at 999 , beyond which no readings are available.
Coal plants, fuel burning and burning of crop (paddy) residue are considered main reasons alongside lack of rain.
According to reports, concentration of poisonous particulate matter in the air hit a level of 451 on a scale, where the maximum reading is 500, anything over 100 is considered unhealthy.
According to US embassy's real time air quality index, in some parts of Delhi the quality is so poor that it stood at 999 , beyond which no readings are available.
Coal plants, fuel burning and burning of crop (paddy) residue are considered main reasons alongside lack of rain.
Why would anyone want to live in Major Indian cities is beyond me. Pathetic living conditions in all cities.
If you cannot breathe, what is the point of staying in such cities? I used to think Hyderabad is bad, but looking at the above video, Hyderabad is heaven compared to Delhi
Hyderabad and Chennai's problem have been the intense heat, which has ALWAYS been there. It isn't really man made. Also they have poor drainage, which leads to flooding after 2 days of rain. It's nowhere near as bad as the man made disasters in Delhi.
Bangalore is dying within 5-8 years. The level of deterioration of the air/environment and climate of the city is far quicker than any other big indian city.
I had relatives who worked inside their offices in Bangalore in the early 2000's without Any air-conditioning, throughout the year ! Can you imagine any such thing now ? And water is another major concern.
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Probably best to remain skeptical. It's akin to that famous NASA picture of India on Diwali night that gets prattled out every year.
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Pakistan and India are agricultural countries and usually at this part of year the rice crops from different parts of the areas of punjab and of north western of india are harvested.after this,these fields are set ablaze in order to kill all the insects underneath the earth and to make the land clean from insects for future plantation.Therefore,these fires continue to burn until it consumes itself resulting in heavy clouds of harmful toxins called as smog.
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Breathing air in the Indian capital of Delhi is the equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes per day, according to a science research group
Air quality readings in the Indian capital have reached frightening levels in recent days, at one point topping the 1,000 mark on the US embassy air quality index. The World Health Organization considers anything above 25 to be unsafe.
That measure is based on the concentration of fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, per cubic meter. The microscopic particles, which are smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, are considered particularly harmful because they are small enough to lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs, causing serious health risks.
Breathing in air with a PM2.5 content of between 950 to 1,000 is considered roughly equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day, according to the independent Berkeley Earth science research group.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/10/h...ution-equivalent-cigarettes-a-day0913AMVODtop
Air quality readings in the Indian capital have reached frightening levels in recent days, at one point topping the 1,000 mark on the US embassy air quality index. The World Health Organization considers anything above 25 to be unsafe.
That measure is based on the concentration of fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, per cubic meter. The microscopic particles, which are smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, are considered particularly harmful because they are small enough to lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs, causing serious health risks.
Breathing in air with a PM2.5 content of between 950 to 1,000 is considered roughly equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day, according to the independent Berkeley Earth science research group.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/10/h...ution-equivalent-cigarettes-a-day0913AMVODtop
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No fire in Pakistan.... Smog comes from India... Pathetic...
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Why has such widespread smog started appearing only in last few years if this is a traditional agricultural practice?
Developed countries takes pollution problem seriously hence no problem there, unlike countries like Pakistan and India.
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Developed countries have had their share of pollution. Now it our turn. We will also turn to green energy when we become developed.
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Like US pulling out of Paris climate deal? You do realize that per capita carbon emission of United States is around 4 times that of a developing country like India.In fact its the developed countries which are responsible for this mess to begin with.
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The problem is that although our individual share of pollution is smaller, we only have like a 1,357,863,942 people contributing toward it.
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That is 17% of humanity. Is their contribution to pollution more than 1/5th of the global pollution?
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Not yet, but it's bad enough for our cities and the growth rates in said pollution are equally alarming.
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But even then its not much greater than say US which has far less population than us and yet feature in top three countries with largest carbon emissions.See I'm not defending developing countries here , its a problem which transcends national boundaries and requires a collective decision from the part of whole humanity but it doesnt help matters when a country which has been at the forefront of polluting the planet in last 200 years doesnt wanna accept its responsibilities and keep running from them at every possible chance.
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New Delhi: While various studies have associated air pollution with heart problems, a study has said that a person's blood type may determine whether they have a risk of a heart attack due to pollution or not.
According to the study, people who have A, B, or AB blood types are at an elevated risk of having a heart attack during periods of significant air pollution, compared to those with the O blood type.
The ABO gene – which is present in people who have A, B, and AB blood types – is the only gene that is been validated in large international studies to predict heart attacks among people with coronary disease, researchers said.
Previous studies have also shown links between small-particulate PM2.5 pollution and heart attacks, admission to the hospital with unstable chest pain, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation.
"We wondered, if someone has a specific variation in this ABO gene, are they more or less likely to experience a heart attack in times of higher pollution?" said Benjamin Horne, from Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in the US.
"The primary mutation we studied differentiates between O blood types and non-O, which includes positive and negative A, B, and AB blood types. The one that has been found in genetic studies to be lower risk is O. The other three were higher risk," said Horne, lead investigator of the study.
Dozens of genes have been shown in large international studies to predict the onset of coronary artery disease in people who are free of the disease.
However, the vast majority of people would not have a heart attack unless they already have coronary artery disease. Nor is a heart attack a certainty even with heart disease, researchers said.
"You have to have other characteristics for coronary disease to progress to a heart attack. The association between heart attacks and pollution in patients with non-O blood is not something to panic over, but it is something to be aware of," Horne said.
Researchers had already identified a level of pollution at which the increased risk occurred for people with non-O blood types, and that threshold is 25 microgrammes of pollution per cubic metre.
"Two years ago we published findings that showed once you go above that, each additional 10 microgrammes of pollution per cubic metre of air provided substantially higher risks," he said.
"At levels higher than 25 microgrammes per cubic meter of pollution, the increase in risk is linear, while below that level there is little if any difference in risk," said Horne.
Researchers found that people with type O blood also have higher risk of heart attack or unstable chest pain in times of high air pollution.
However, their level of risk is much smaller, at 10 percent instead of the non-O blood type's 25 percent per 10 additional microgrammes per cubic meter, Horne said.
At the 65 microgrammes per cubic meter pollution level, a person with type O blood faces risk that is 40 percent higher than if the air was not polluted.
http://zeenews.india.com/health/air..._campaign=browser_push&utm_content=&utm_term=
According to the study, people who have A, B, or AB blood types are at an elevated risk of having a heart attack during periods of significant air pollution, compared to those with the O blood type.
The ABO gene – which is present in people who have A, B, and AB blood types – is the only gene that is been validated in large international studies to predict heart attacks among people with coronary disease, researchers said.
Previous studies have also shown links between small-particulate PM2.5 pollution and heart attacks, admission to the hospital with unstable chest pain, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation.
"We wondered, if someone has a specific variation in this ABO gene, are they more or less likely to experience a heart attack in times of higher pollution?" said Benjamin Horne, from Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in the US.
"The primary mutation we studied differentiates between O blood types and non-O, which includes positive and negative A, B, and AB blood types. The one that has been found in genetic studies to be lower risk is O. The other three were higher risk," said Horne, lead investigator of the study.
Dozens of genes have been shown in large international studies to predict the onset of coronary artery disease in people who are free of the disease.
However, the vast majority of people would not have a heart attack unless they already have coronary artery disease. Nor is a heart attack a certainty even with heart disease, researchers said.
"You have to have other characteristics for coronary disease to progress to a heart attack. The association between heart attacks and pollution in patients with non-O blood is not something to panic over, but it is something to be aware of," Horne said.
Researchers had already identified a level of pollution at which the increased risk occurred for people with non-O blood types, and that threshold is 25 microgrammes of pollution per cubic metre.
"Two years ago we published findings that showed once you go above that, each additional 10 microgrammes of pollution per cubic metre of air provided substantially higher risks," he said.
"At levels higher than 25 microgrammes per cubic meter of pollution, the increase in risk is linear, while below that level there is little if any difference in risk," said Horne.
Researchers found that people with type O blood also have higher risk of heart attack or unstable chest pain in times of high air pollution.
However, their level of risk is much smaller, at 10 percent instead of the non-O blood type's 25 percent per 10 additional microgrammes per cubic meter, Horne said.
At the 65 microgrammes per cubic meter pollution level, a person with type O blood faces risk that is 40 percent higher than if the air was not polluted.
http://zeenews.india.com/health/air..._campaign=browser_push&utm_content=&utm_term=
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Thought this thread was worth a bump after what we saw in the cricket today.
How Delhi became the most polluted city on Earth
Breathing in the Indian capital this month was like smoking 50 cigarettes a day.
Delhi has earned the unenviable distinction of becoming the most polluted city on Earth this month, as air quality has reached epically bad proportions.
On November 8, pollution surged so high that some monitoring stations reported an Air Quality Index of 999, way above the upper limit of the worst category, Hazardous. (An extra-sensitive air quality instrument at the US embassy got a reading of 1,010, as you can see in the chart below.)
United Airlines canceled its flights to India’s capital because of poor air quality. Visibility was so bad that cars crashed in pileups on highways and trains had to be delayed and canceled.
The airborne particles and toxic chemicals that make up the smog have choked the 19 million residents of the metropolitan area, where merely breathing the air was, at its worst, like smoking 50 cigarettes in a day. Hospitals reported a 20 percent surge in patients with pollution-related illnesses, and doctors have declared a public health emergency.
Delhi’s chief minister went as far as to call his city a “gas chamber”:
“You can’t see very far ahead of you,” Manon Verchot, a former colleague of mine who leads the 20-person video team at the Hindustan Times, told me. “In terms of how it effects people in Delhi, everyone is sick. Half of my team is down right now.”
The gray smoke and haze was so terrible that the US State Department, which has its own air quality monitoring stations in India, installed air filters for its staff at in their offices and homes. Costa Rica’s ambassador to India, Mariela Cruz Alvarez, described in a viral blog post how she developed a serious respiratory infection and had to decamp to South India. “I´m used to living in paradise and suddenly India has become a threat to my health and the health of my friends and colleagues,” she wrote.
More than an inconvenience, air pollution is indeed a major medical hazard. The Lancet Commission on pollution and health reported 9 million premature deaths stemming from air pollution in 2015. More than 2.5 million of these deaths were in India, the most in any single country.
As of November 21, the air quality index was at 326 — far below the peak on November 8, but still in the Hazardous category. Yet Delhi is not out of the woods. The Business Standard reports that Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain warned in a letter that “...ambient air quality may once again worsen in the coming weeks.”
This is the third year in a row that air pollution in Delhi has become very severe, despite the Indian Supreme Court’s attempt to mitigate it in October with a fireworks sales ban ahead of Diwali, the festival of lights.
Measuring Delhi’s air against some of the other most polluted cities in the world, however, is difficult. Not everyone tracks pollution as well nor is it tracked by the same metrics. The World Health Organization, for example, ranked Zabol, Iran, as having the worst particulate air pollution in the world, but that was an annual average, the number was from 2012, and it was extrapolated from another measurement.
Meanwhile, the highest daily particulate pollution record was set in Shenyang, China, back in 2015.
So why did it get so bad in Delhi this year? Turns out this oppressive smog is a pungent combination of an ancient farming technique and the residues of modern urban living. But the Indian government has also failed to find ways to control the well-understood sources of pollution, which has allowed the situation to grow progressively worse over time.
How Delhi’s air got so toxic, and why it won’t go away
You can see India’s pockets of pollution in this live map from Berkeley Earth, an independent research consortium.
The map shows airborne concentrations of particles with diameters of 2.5 microns or less, also known as PM2.5. These particles can come from different sources — diesel exhaust, natural dust, wildfires — and can lead to heart attacks, strokes, breathing difficulties, and cancer as they penetrate deep into lungs. The concentrations are reported as micrograms per cubic meter.
According to the US Embassy’s measurements, air in New Delhi reached PM2.5 concentrations of more than 1,200 micrograms per cubic meter, 48 times the guideline value established by the World Health Organization. This is still short of the record set in Shenyang, China, where concentrations topped 1,400 micrograms per cubic meter.
You can see in this screenshot from November 8 how Delhi became the epicenter of hazardous air quality in North India:
“One of the things that’s so fascinating is how the pollution is not contained in the cities and it doesn’t even seem to be coming from the cities,” said Elizabeth Muller, executive director of Berkeley Earth.
In fact, much of the pollution is coming from farms in nearby states of Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh. With the rice harvest over, farmers are burning crop stubble — specifically the remnants of the rice crop to prepare the fields to plant wheat and return nutrients to the soil.
NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite was also able to capture the crop fires in India and Pakistan creating a plume of gray haze during a flyover in October:
But what’s unique about Delhi’s smog is that the smoke from the burning outside the city is mixing with pollution inside the city — from construction, vehicles, and fires the poor use to cook and keep warm. This mix of rural and urban pollution intensifies in the cooler winter months and this year’s air currents through the region have been unusually slow, allowing the dirty air to linger.
North India’s topography also acts as a basin that traps pollution — making it impossible for the millions of people in the region to escape the toxic air. It’s why there are now reports of reverse migration: People retreating from Delhi to rural areas outside the pollution zone so they can breathe cleaner air.
The government is failing to control the pollution, which is leading to popular unrest
Protests have erupted out of anger with the government for failing to deal with the air pollution. Hundreds of people, including children whose schools were closed, took to the streets earlier in the month.
India’s pollution has its roots in politics, as this great piece by four researchers writing in the Washington Post explains. Rural farmers and city dwellers are important constituencies for different parties, and neither side wants to make concessions. Crop burning is often the cheapest way to clear fields, and farmers don’t want to spend more to appease Delhi’s denizens.
At the same time, the country’s Nation Green Tribunal ordered construction to stop in the capital for a few days earlier this month, drawing the ire of construction workers. The tribunal also broached and then, after severe criticism, dropped a car rationing scheme that would let cars with odd-numbered registrations drive only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and even-numbered registrations to drive on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
There are other pollution control laws, but enforcement has been lax for fear of alienating important voting blocs.
Government officials from neighboring provinces have held tense, fruitless talks on the causes and liability for the pollution for years, but the atrocious air quality in the capital has added a new sense of urgency.
"The country wakes up only if something happens in Delhi," Jairam Ramesh, a member of Parliament and former Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, told the Economic Times.
Technology fixes for pollution also remain a tough sell. As Brad Plumer has explained for Vox, there’s been a lot of discussion about cleaner stoves in India, but for now burning wood or coal in traditional stoves is considerably cheaper than the alternatives.
Meanwhile India’s environment minister Harsh Vardhan downplayed the risks from Delhi’s dirty air, telling CNN-News 18 that while high levels of particulates could be harmful, "no death certificate has the cause of death as pollution.”
In fact, researchers say that the links between reduced air quality and premature death are robust. “There are all kinds of things that have been linked pretty convincingly to high levels of air pollution,” said Jason West, an environmental engineer at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. “There’s pretty good evidence that lower levels of air pollution are still detrimental.”
The situation is going to get worse before it gets better
West noted that cities in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan have also struggled with deadly air pollution, but the air has cleared as these regions became wealthier, invested in cleaner technologies, and citizens called for stricter regulations on emissions.
“Economic development was important, but economic development by itself didn’t solve the problem,” said West. “People demanded cleaner air and cleaner water.”
Environmental activism is growing in India, but there are still other factors that make its situation unique. One is the sheer number of people — 1.3 billion and growing — and the staggering patterns of rural to urban migration.
More Indians are cramming into smog-shrouded cities, which means more people who need housing, more people buying and driving vehicles with few pollution controls, and more people making fires in the city to cook and keep warm.
The increasingly polluted air means people spend more time indoors, which increases energy demand from lighting and air conditioning, leading to more coal and wood use. That creates a feedback loop that exacerbates the whole situation.
“All the suggestions are that India will likely get worse before it gets better,” West said.
The epicenter of global air pollution is also likely to shift further South, and soon cities in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa may start coughing and wheezing as populations grow and energy consumption ramps up.
The World Health Organization projects that air pollution will continue to be a major killer in years to come, and the world’s poorest will be left gasping.
But in Delhi, life still sputters on. The Delhi half-marathon had a record turnout over the weekend with some of the 34,000 runners showing up to the starting line wearing masks.
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/11/22/16666808/india-air-pollution-new-delhi
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Looks like its a real threat now - given India reputation is at stake but will it make a difference or will it have the opposite reaction?
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This list doesn't make sense to me, you have even smaller Indian cities on the list but no Karachi, Lahore, Pindi or Peshawar all of which are utterly polluted and consistently rank in the most polluted cities of the world.
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Cant believe Srinagar is there. Not sure if it has industries or enough cars to pollute the city. Same with Patiala.
Been to Delhi and its difficult to breathe there.
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“Delhi's air pollution is now so bad it is literally off the chart
Dust storms come months before the start of city’s traditional ‘pollution season’”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/15/delhi-blanketed-by-smog-so-toxic-it-cant-be-measured
Dust storms come months before the start of city’s traditional ‘pollution season’”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/15/delhi-blanketed-by-smog-so-toxic-it-cant-be-measured
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Lahore is catching up real quick. I was there quite a few days ago and air pollution is bad :/
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Panic gripped the Indian capital Delhi on Monday as residents woke up to a blanket of thick grey smog ahead of Diwali, the festival of lights.
Visibility is poor as pollution levels reached 20 times the World Health Organisation's recommended limit.
The air quality is expected to worsen in the coming days due to the use of firecrackers, experts have warned.
Indian cities regularly dominate global pollution rankings for the worst air quality.
The Supreme Court has restricted the timeframe for setting off firecrackers to only two hours during the day - but experts believe this curfew will be hard to implement.
Diwali, the most important Hindu festival in north India, celebrates the victory of good over evil.
India Delhi residents choke as dust blankets capital
Can Delhi ever clean up its foul air?
However in the last few years, celebrations have seen air pollution rise to hazardous levels after many firecrackers were set off.
Many have taken to social media to share their concerns as well as post dramatic photos of the city to show the extent of the problem.
On Sunday, the pollution level in the city dipped and was categorised as "poor". But a sharp spike in smog on Monday morning - which recorded a reading of 365 on the Air Quality Index (AQI) - has effectively put the city's air in the "hazardous" category.
Authorities in Delhi have warned residents to stay indoors as much as possible and have started to shut down construction activity in the city.
The Indian capital is the sixth worst place in the world for pollution, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) data.
Air quality in the city worsens every year in November and December as farmers in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana burn crop stubble to clear their fields.
The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), an emergency government initiative to try and improve conditions, has also launched around Delhi. It bans activities like rubbish burning to try and improve air quality.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46094228
Visibility is poor as pollution levels reached 20 times the World Health Organisation's recommended limit.
The air quality is expected to worsen in the coming days due to the use of firecrackers, experts have warned.
Indian cities regularly dominate global pollution rankings for the worst air quality.
The Supreme Court has restricted the timeframe for setting off firecrackers to only two hours during the day - but experts believe this curfew will be hard to implement.
Diwali, the most important Hindu festival in north India, celebrates the victory of good over evil.
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However in the last few years, celebrations have seen air pollution rise to hazardous levels after many firecrackers were set off.
Many have taken to social media to share their concerns as well as post dramatic photos of the city to show the extent of the problem.
On Sunday, the pollution level in the city dipped and was categorised as "poor". But a sharp spike in smog on Monday morning - which recorded a reading of 365 on the Air Quality Index (AQI) - has effectively put the city's air in the "hazardous" category.
Authorities in Delhi have warned residents to stay indoors as much as possible and have started to shut down construction activity in the city.
The Indian capital is the sixth worst place in the world for pollution, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) data.
Air quality in the city worsens every year in November and December as farmers in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana burn crop stubble to clear their fields.
The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), an emergency government initiative to try and improve conditions, has also launched around Delhi. It bans activities like rubbish burning to try and improve air quality.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46094228
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It is worse in Lahore.
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Had to get nebulised this year. First time in life. If this continues year on year might turn asthmatic very soon.
Pray for Delhi.
Pray for your Bhaijaan.
India will wake up to this terror when millions of people would have suffered irreversible damage and the next crop of children turns out worse.
Pray for Delhi.
Pray for your Bhaijaan.
India will wake up to this terror when millions of people would have suffered irreversible damage and the next crop of children turns out worse.
Move to a different city. Unfortunately, even in South India, cities like Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai are super polluted. My last visit to both cities was a nightmare. I still do not understand how people are living there. Deplorable conditions.
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The supreme court has seen the light and officially everyone gets a 2 hour window to burst crackers. Have already got my stock ready and going to have a blast this Diwali.
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What a mess of the city. Thank God I'm in my hometown for Diwali right now.
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Rich talk from someone living in Gurgaon.
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I wear a 2.5pm mask when I step out, have air purifier at home along with sacks of activated charcoal, but that is not going to stop me from taking it out on the khooni liberals who blame my religion for pollution.
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I smoke a Dunhill everytime I go out of my apartment in Karol Bagh to celebrate my early death in this hell of the city.
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You should wear a facemask. I realized the difference in air quality after wearing it.
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Aap bahar rahate ho.
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I will but what about my loved ones? Running away from the city might help your Bhaijaan but will it change anything for the city? Will all good people just leave the city and leave it to the mafia?
This city has given me Bronchitis but how can your Bhaijaan forget this is the same city which gave him unlimited pyar as well. All the memories made.
Hauz khas ki talks.. Lodhi Garden ki walks. CP ki Tinder dates.. Rajouri me chill.. Kesse bhualu in yado ko?
Jaan hai to Jahan hai!!
Try to move to all your loved ones to south. Even though south India is also bad, it is no where near as bad as Delhi.
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Atta boy. That's the spirit.
Man. I used to have this seasonal dust allergy related sickness etc. but ever since i've moved out, it seems to be a thing of the past. The strepsils ki golian, the amoxil k capsule, the cough syrups (one of which was later banned because it was being used as a drug by common people - they'd drink the whole thing in a go and get all wanky dory).
I miss home from time to time and sometimes a lot but do not miss this part of life there at all. Like nope.
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November is fast becoming a migration season for Delhites. I will be flying to Goa Diwali night, and won't be back until 2019. Makes me sad because I have loved this city all my life, but I see myself moving out permanently in the next 12 months.
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Bright sunshine and blue sky in Delhi as well. Wind has picked up in the last few days, so that's helping.
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They are,but they don't have to live with the consequences today. You wouldn't get the sort of smog you see in Delhi in any US city, certainly not in Britain. Maybe 100 years ago, but now I would think any major industry has to control pollutants from being released into civilian areas.
I am surprised that the Indian media is not blaming Pakistan for these disastrous circumstances in Delhi. It is sheer smoke everywhere like heavy fog where you can't even see yourself outdoors. This is causing massive health problems for the people. Pregnant ladies are already damaging their unborn kids even before having given birth. Instead the Indian media seems to be celebrating the renaming of their cities.
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How is it in Pakistan bro?
The Pakistani Punjab? I’m sure if Indian Punjab and Haryana is the cause the winds of poisonous fume must be flying over the border too. Hope you’re doing okay.
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Gets pretty bad in Lahore.
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I am sure anywhere in Pakistan where there is heavy industry there will be scant regard for the climate, but we are talking about what is often described as a failed state with regard to that country so how much expectation we should have needs to be taken into account. Countries which are considered war zones have bigger concerns.
If there is any money left after statue building, Govt should invest on building one of these in Delhi.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/china-has-built-the-world-s-largest-air-purifier-to-battle-smog/
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/china-has-built-the-world-s-largest-air-purifier-to-battle-smog/
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One of the main reasons for the increasing air pollution levels in Delhi at this of year is crop residue burning by farmers in Haryana and UP. The central government has offered a pittance to try and deal with this (less than $100m/year) whereas the Indian government's own Policy Commission had estimated that at least $600m was needed every year to tackle this issue.
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Delhi has failed spectacularly in preventing the air quality from falling into the "dangerous" category on Diwali. The morning after, Anand Vihar was among the areas in Delhi where the air quality index (AQI) was recorded at an alarming 999 this morning. The AQI around Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium touched 999 (the maximum level for the monitors) while the US Embassy in Chanakyapuri scored 459, all under the "hazardous" category.
Despite several restrictions and the two-hour window to burst only "green crackers" ordered by the Supreme Court, the national capital didn't appear to adhere to the 10 pm deadline and continued to light polluting firecrackers till late.
The overall AQI was recorded at 302 at 11 pm, which fell in the very poor category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The air quality began to deteriorate from 7 pm on Diwali evening. The AQI rose from 281 at 7 pm to 291 an hour later and by 10 pm, it was 296, said the CPCB.
The AQI level from 0 to 50 is considered good, 51 to 100 is satisfactory, 101 to 200 is moderate, 201 to 300 is poor, 301 to 400 is very poor, and 401 and above is severe.
The online indicators of the pollution monitoring stations indicated "poor" and "very poor" air quality as the volume of ultra-fine particulates PM2.5 and PM10, which enter the respiratory system and reach the bloodstream, sharply rose from around 8 pm.
The Supreme Court had allowed bursting of crackers from 8 pm to 10 pm on Diwali. It had allowed manufacture and sale of only "green crackers", which have a low light and sound emission and less harmful chemicals.
The top court had directed the police to ensure that banned firecrackers were not sold and in case of violation, the station house officer (SHO) of the area would be held responsible.
However, violations were reported from across Delhi, including areas like Anand Vihar, ITO, Jahangirpuri Mayur Vihar Extension, Lajpat Nagar, Lutyens Delhi, IP Extension and Dwarka.
The police have promised appropriate action.
The situation was similar, if not worse, in the neighbouring areas of Delhi such as Gurugram, Noida and Ghaziabad, where crackers were burst as usual, raising question marks on the efficacy of the administration in enforcing the top court's ban.
A "very poor" AQI translates into spike in respiratory illnesses and if the air quality dips further, the AQI turns "severe", which troubles healthy individuals and seriously affects those with health issues.
The centre along with the Delhi government has launched a 10-day "Clean Air Campaign" from November 1 to 10 to monitor polluting activities and to ensure quick action.
https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/del...uality-index-at-999-the-morning-after-1944188
Despite several restrictions and the two-hour window to burst only "green crackers" ordered by the Supreme Court, the national capital didn't appear to adhere to the 10 pm deadline and continued to light polluting firecrackers till late.
The overall AQI was recorded at 302 at 11 pm, which fell in the very poor category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The air quality began to deteriorate from 7 pm on Diwali evening. The AQI rose from 281 at 7 pm to 291 an hour later and by 10 pm, it was 296, said the CPCB.
The AQI level from 0 to 50 is considered good, 51 to 100 is satisfactory, 101 to 200 is moderate, 201 to 300 is poor, 301 to 400 is very poor, and 401 and above is severe.
The online indicators of the pollution monitoring stations indicated "poor" and "very poor" air quality as the volume of ultra-fine particulates PM2.5 and PM10, which enter the respiratory system and reach the bloodstream, sharply rose from around 8 pm.
The Supreme Court had allowed bursting of crackers from 8 pm to 10 pm on Diwali. It had allowed manufacture and sale of only "green crackers", which have a low light and sound emission and less harmful chemicals.
The top court had directed the police to ensure that banned firecrackers were not sold and in case of violation, the station house officer (SHO) of the area would be held responsible.
However, violations were reported from across Delhi, including areas like Anand Vihar, ITO, Jahangirpuri Mayur Vihar Extension, Lajpat Nagar, Lutyens Delhi, IP Extension and Dwarka.
The police have promised appropriate action.
The situation was similar, if not worse, in the neighbouring areas of Delhi such as Gurugram, Noida and Ghaziabad, where crackers were burst as usual, raising question marks on the efficacy of the administration in enforcing the top court's ban.
A "very poor" AQI translates into spike in respiratory illnesses and if the air quality dips further, the AQI turns "severe", which troubles healthy individuals and seriously affects those with health issues.
The centre along with the Delhi government has launched a 10-day "Clean Air Campaign" from November 1 to 10 to monitor polluting activities and to ensure quick action.
https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/del...uality-index-at-999-the-morning-after-1944188
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Your Bhaijaan is finally off the mask. A great news for me and all my lovers. But the question is for long? Delhi needs to unite and beat this. We have to do this together.
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The most satisfying part was people defying supreme court orders. Many like me who never burst crackers since many years took to the streets this time in a show of defiance, bursting crackers wearing our facemasks. take that milords!
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What you're ding is wrong my brother but i can't blame you because the first step towards change must come from the government itself and all governments have collectively failed to make environment protection a priority. You can't just whiplash people to follow orders when you are yourself doing nothing towards the cause. Diwali crackers is a part of this mess and a small part.
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mayur bhai, i don't mind the government, because they are accountable to the public in the end. but i do mind the senile snobs sitting in the courts who are not accountable and try to decide what the public must do.
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extremly disappointed to see lahore and close neighbours on this list.... extremly xtremly worried.... from the time when lahore was the most beautiful and happening place in the world (ofcourse being a lahori have a personal bias) to this is shameful.
the duffers of patwari league should have this thrown in their faces for rest of their lives for destrying the city ... big projects for big commissions and big pump n show has risked lives of 10 million lahories and that actually impacts the surroundings as well... shame, real shame
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Delhi's air quality has got considerably better this year. AAP has done a very good job and the result is in front of everyone. However the real test will begin after diwali and after crop burning season.
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